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Newsletter March 2025 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
We are a welcoming community formed in Christ, committed to sharing his love with others – with feet that carry us out into the world,...

Pastor Bruce
Feb 281 min read
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Newsletter February 2025 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: Several years ago, I preached a sermon at First Pres in which I encouraged us to keep the fourth commandment: “Remember the...

Pastor Bruce
Jan 312 min read
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Newsletter December 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, Christmas is typically experienced as a day and a season filled with great joy! But that is not how everyone experiences...

Pastor Bruce
Nov 30, 20241 min read
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Newsletter November 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, Recently, a First Pres member asked me, “What do we mean when we say that we are a Matthew 25 congregation?” Good question....

Pastor Bruce
Oct 30, 20243 min read
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Newsletter September 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, In July, I was privileged to attend a seminar, Gratitude in Worship and Preaching, at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand...

Bruce Ballantine
Aug 30, 20242 min read
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Newsletter June 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, It's been said that lessons learned as a child will last a lifetime. When I was a child, my mother began each day with a...

Pastor Bruce
May 29, 20242 min read
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Newsletter February 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: I am pleased to share with you that during its May 2023 meeting, our Session made the decision that First Presbyterian...

Pastor Bruce
Jan 25, 20241 min read
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Newsletter January 2024 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: The year 2023 was a wonderful year at First Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood NJ as we celebrated 200 Years of God’s Grace...

Bruce Ballantine
Dec 30, 20233 min read
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Newsletter September 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, What a joy it has been to celebrate the bicentennial of First Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood, NJ during 2023! The mere...

Pastor Bruce
Aug 31, 20232 min read
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Newsletter June 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, As I flew home on Monday, May 22, I reflected on my 10-day journey to take part in The National Evangelical (Presbyterian)...

Pastor Bruce
May 29, 20233 min read
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May 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, Early this year, I was invited by The Outreach Foundation to make a second trip to Lebanon and Syria. Not long after that,...

Pastor Bruce
Apr 28, 20232 min read
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Newsletter April 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: As some of you know, one of my favorite poets is the late Ann Weems, who during her life was called by some the poet...

Pastor Bruce
Mar 29, 20231 min read
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Newsletter March 2023 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends, I am pleased that after two years of Lenten Suppers Minus the Calories (that is, Lenten Supper Worship via zoom), this year...

Pastor Bruce
Feb 27, 20231 min read
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Newsletter November 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Dear Friends: As he often does when writing to the churches, the Apostle Paul begins his letter to the Philippians with words of...

Pastor Bruce
Oct 26, 20212 min read
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Newsletter October 2021 - First Presbyterian Ridgewood, NJ
Consecration Sunday Is Coming: Sunday, October 24! Congregations which approach financial stewardship from a biblical perspective do not...

Pastor Bruce
Sep 27, 20212 min read
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Fall Mums Sale
We have 70 mums available for purchase, $10 each. Payment can be mailed to the church or dropped through the mail slots at pickup.

Pastor Bruce
Sep 15, 20201 min read
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